Climate icon Greta adds Hamas to list of things she wants to save

I was watching footage of Greta leading a protest somewhere in Europe. It wasn’t a straight-up save-the-climate event; it was an anti-fossil-fuel, anti-war, anti-capitalist hybrid. The Greta Fan Club attracts some interesting people, as you can tell from the protest placards. One that caught my eye read “Dismantle all Oppressive Structures Now!” Huh? In the first place, it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? I mean, say what you will about the Black Lives Matter movement, but you have to admit they had a simple and catchy slogan that was also an infinite repetition of their brand, which proved a fund-raising bonanza! Secondly, what, if anything, does it mean? On a superficial level, it’s appealing. After all, every decent human being is against oppression. But here’s the problem; all social structures are oppressive from some point of view. The only way you can sort out which “oppressive structures” should be dismantled and which preserved would require the creation of some decision making body - which would in itself be another oppressive structure! But back to the rally. Greta is on stage preening for the cameras, when a befuddled schmuck emerges stage left, takes the mic out of her hand, and says, “I thought I was coming to a climate rally, not a political event...” Taken aback by an unscripted moment, Greta was momentarily discombobulated. Once her team dispatched the interloper and gave Greta back her microphone, she immediately had the crowd of many thousands chanting, and I’m sure she made it up on the spot; NO CLIMATE JUSTICE ON OCCUPIED LAND! Double huh.